Super Bowl Recycling Totals 282,000 Pounds

Allan Gerlat, News Editor

February 14, 2012

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Recycling collected at the Super Bowl totaled 282,000 pounds, or 141 tons, according to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee.

Phoenix-based Republic Services Inc. collected the material from Jan. 23 to Feb. 9, said Summer Keown, manager of environmental programs for the host committee, in an e-mail. Republic collected the following breakdown of recyclables: Lucas Oil Stadium, 12,680 pounds; Indiana Convention Center, 10,000 pounds; and Super Bowl Village, 130,920 pounds.

An additional 128,400 pounds of recyclables were recovered from Super Bowl venues and events.

About the Author

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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